Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-07
HOME AND ABROAD.
THE LOGAN PENSION BILL PASSES
THE SENATE.
The Nicaragua Canal Scheme-Pres.
identiai Nominations = The
Tenure of Office Act.
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WASHINGTON, January 6th-Among the
memorials presented in the Senate to-day
and referred were the following: -
| By Edmunds-Of the Committee of the
General Convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church, praying Congress to provide
for obtaining statistics of marriages and
| divorces.
| By Blair-A large number of memorials
from various organizations in all parts of
the country, asking legislation to prevent
the violation of the Sabbath in running
railroad trains.
Among the bills introduced and referred
were the following
By Vance-,tTo protect miners in the Dis
| trict of Columbia.
! Edmunds, from the Committee on For
eign Relations, reported bill 10 incorpc
rate tho Maritime Canal Company OF Mica
ragua Calendar.
Manderson called up the case of the claim
| against Mexico for the killing of Captain
Emmet Crawford Cn command of United
States troops in pursuit Of Geronimo) by
Mexican troops in Mexico in January,
| 1856, stating that stronger and more
urgent bill for indemnity should be made
The bill was referred.
| The bill granting Mrs. Logan Q pension
of 5000 year was passed
| The Senate then took mp the resolution
offered yesterday by Mcpherson, calling on
| the Secretary of the Treasury for a state
| ment of the indebtedness of the Pacific
| Railway Company to the Government and
as to the effect of the fund bill thereon.
Hoar withdrew his amendment calling
| for an additional statement to the disputed
| question between the Government and the
companies, stating that his objection would
| be equally effective under the original res
| olution.
| Edmunls said the report of the Commits
sioner of Railro De, General Johnston, an
swered every question in the resolution
completely, fully and in detail
Vest introduced bill increasing the pen
sion of Mrs. Blair from 800 month to
| So 600 year, and at his request il was i'm
mediately considered and passed.
On motion the E1munds bill to carry
into effect the treaty with China for the
suppression of the opium traffic was taken
up and passed without division.
The bill granting to the Kansas and Texas
Southwestern Railroad Company the right
Of way across the Fort Hayes military res
ervation was taken up and passed.
| The Senate then resumed consideration
of the interstate commerce bill.
Plat, continuing his address on the bill,
said that Senators were not here to make a
raid on railroad property. They were here
to do justice by the railroads and by the
people. An unremunerative rate was Just
as unreasonable and injurious as too high
a rate; and railroad companies would have
TO see to it (if the public welfare was to be
promoted) that remunerative rates for
freight and passengers were received. 1t
was not dealings in the stock of remuner-
atiye railroads that produced panics, and
made millionaires and paupers in this
country. He claimed that the bill was
in the direction of forcing consoli
dation of railroad companies, and
said that some railroad men be
lieved in that as the best outcome of
the railroad problem. No truer sentence
| had ever been uttered than that where COM
| binatiOn is possible competition is i'm
possible. This bill left it open and invited
| the worst kind of combination and con-
solidation of railroad corporate capital
| What were the railroads to do if prohibited
from making pool arrangements? Expe-
rience taught that the old rate wars would
begin again, and the end of it would be, as
il always had been, consolidation. The
monop1lies of this country had been built
on the graves of weak competitors. The
bill invited grand monopoly of railroad
capital IN this country, which would be
build on the graves of railroads that are
not able to stand in competition.
Morgan opposed the bill. After some
further debate and after an executive ses-
sion, the Senate adjourned.